What I Think About Bbc Entry Pictures

Entry posted by xccj January 17, 2007

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Here are a few things that bug me in BBC contests concerning Entry Pictures.

Size: I hate it when somebody takes a picture and leaves it at its maximum size. There are programs that allow you to crop and resize, people! I really dislike waiting ages for a pict to load, and then being unable to see the whole MOC because the sceen can't fit the whole picture.

Quality: I don't like fuzzy pictures. I take plenty of fuzzy pictures, but I deleat them. The magic with digital cameras is you can take bajillions of picts but only keep the ones that are of good quality. So people who post a dozen blurry picts should've not kept the first one they took, but keep on taking photos until they have a good one. If all these rich, camera savy kids have expensive digital cameras, they can easily do that. If they're not using digital cameras... well, then they must be paying alot of money to develope their picts on time.

Show the Whole MOC: Don't show the torso because the legs aren't any good. Or because the torso looks more menasing without the legs. I judge the MOC by the entry picture... if the entry isn't all in the picture, then how can I accuratly judge it?

Lable It: Maybe, I think lables look cool.

I dunno... I spend alot of time working on my entry pictures, trying to make them appealing to look at while showing the best aspects of the whole MOC. While I was checking through the competition for BBC 40, I just noticed alot of odd pictures that didn't nessesarily show off the MOC in the best light. While the art of creating a good entry picture does not get you through the polls (I should know...) I think it makes a difference for the people who only judge an MOC based off one pict.

But, hey, in the end, I'm not a qualified MOCist or Artist, so what right do I have to give advice to other people? Eh? :sly: I'm a writer, so I'll continue writing humour things that end up ticking a bunch of people off... :lol: